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Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
When Kapka Kassabova was a child, the borderzone between Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece was rumoured to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall so it swarmed with soldiers, spies and fugitives. On holidays close to the border on the Black Sea coast, she remembers playing on the beach ...Show more
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe by Kapka Kassabova
$27.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Twenty-five years after she left, Kassabova returns to Bulgaria to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece in an immersive travel narrative that is also a shadow history of the Cold War, a sideways look at the migration crisis troubling Europe, and a deep, witchy descent into interior and ex ...Show more
Elixir: In the Valley at the End of Time by Kapka Kassabova
$50.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Reading Level: near fine
In the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe, where the surrounding forests and mountains are a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Kapka Kassabova finds a story with vast resonance for us all. Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, ...Show more
To the Lake: A Balkan Journey of War & Peace by Kapka Kassabova
$39.99 NZD
Category: Travel
Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two vast lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region's past, and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes that have played a central role in Kapka Kassabova's maternal family. As she journeys to her grandmothe ...Show more
To the Lake: A Journey of War and Peace by Kapka Kassabova
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
The celebrated author of Border explores a mysterious, ancient, and little-understood corner of EuropeLake Ohrid and Lake Prespa. Two ancient lakes joined by underground rivers. Two lakes that seem to hold both the turbulent memories of the region’s past and the secret of its enduring allure. Two lakes ...Show more
Twelve Minutes of Love - A Tango Story by Kapka Kassabova
$39.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
To the uninitiated, tango is just a dance, albeit a dance with an exotic and sensuous allure. To the true tanguero, it is something akin to a religion, attracting the lost, the lonely, and the fanatical with its formal rituals, its sense of belonging, and its intense emotions. Kapka Kassabova first set ...Show more
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